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Definitions & Understanding the Power of Words
In case this site is found useful for people of all races, I have found that definitions are very important and we need to make sure that our definitions are accessible to everyone. Definitions that aren’t will become weapons that The System will use against us. And since Black People, in general, already know this, this understanding is mostly for allies and non-allies either trying to understand us or who have been purposefully “dis-informed” to attack us. The pen is mightier than the sword and whoever said words can’t hurt was probably not discriminated against or even constantly bullied. Even if we don’t want it to affect us, it does because words are thoughts and ideas that seep in and have the ability to influence our own thoughts and ideas.
Consider how many people of all races and cultures accept and believe in “magic”. It is universal and yet not a single person has ever proved it to exist. The one place it definitely exists is in our minds. It becomes a mental construct that people accept. Channeling belief through that construct, people cannot prove their spells, their blessings, or their curses, have any real power but we convince each other that it does. Therefore, when people use words against you, whether they are calling you names or whether they are trying to convince you their definition is authoritative, please consider this concept of magic and spells and how, as powerful as we can make these things sound, these are simply words that the human mind accepts and the power is created by our own belief. So even if something isn’t real in a factual sense, people make things real (to them) in a belief and experiential meta-sense.
Because the power of words becomes the power of the mind, words can manipulate the mind. This could be empowering to us personally but equally disempowering to another individual or group. Child psychologists understand this. People in marketing understand this. Our “magic” is in saying things over and over in an attempt to make them true. And once the meaning is accepted, that’s when our behavior acts out the intention. So when I say X is a mental construct, I’m saying that it exists in the mind and has the power that we believe it does. If you truly understand this then you will see through words and their meanings and understand that this is a pathway to ending some of the worse social viruses on the planet: racism, sexism, anti-semitism, etc. because they are nothing more than ideas that spread from person to person like a spell.
We can even go deeper into this and understand that just as spells could have connections to “spirits”, words too can embody a certain “spirit” (not a ghost) or: “those qualities regarded as forming the definitive or typical elements in the character of a person, nation, or group or in the thought and attitudes of a particular period.”
To fight bad ideas we need to understand and attack what they mean. Believing a curse placed upon you helps to make it real just like believing that you are stupid or guilty of a crime because some parent, teacher, or police officer told you repeatedly. We LEARN BY REPETITION so anything, positive or negative, that we repeat can affect us socially on both a personal, national, and even a global level. (For the record, this is a concept I have been developing that I call PSIONIX; which has to do with mental programming)
And as much as I really don’t like and have an aversion to conspiracy theories… the more I think about this the more I see that this is something they demonstrably do not want everyone to know and agree on, especially “White People” or people of European descent. It’s no different from Financial Education. It isn’t taught institutionally because it doesn’t benefit the people who fund institutions. So by the very same token, there are other subjects that aren’t taught because they do not benefit those holding the power and purse strings of America. How do we know? Because normally, if you wanted to learn about a subject you’d go to a master of the subject or at least someone with enough experience in that subject to teach you about it.
Think about that. Am I wrong? And yet there are many people fighting to protect ignorance by shutting down access to education and American history only as it relates to “wokeness” which is being used as a banner for consciousness about sexual orientation, racism, and sexism. And by extension “they“, the divisive group that does the dividing, creates monsters for “straight white men” to fear out of the: LGBT community, black community, and feminist community. These attacks are how we know what they’re afraid of. They know that if there is not only exposure but understanding resulting from information and education, things will continue to change. And that’s what they’re ultimately afraid of. So if I say “they don’t want you to know X” they are literally trying to block you and others from the knowledge I want to share with you. Knowledge is power and so it is also the power to change things. But the more desperate their attempts to keep people from knowledge, the more it will backfire; whether it’s curiosity or rebellion.
Black Wall Street 2.0 Dictionary
What is "The System"?
The System is a mental construct, metaphysically used to embody the social construct of the Globalized distribution of white racial power against non-whites (White Supremacy).
What is White Supremacy?
White Supremacy was instantiated as a subclass of classism wherein humans tend to divide into social castes, classes, or tribes for the purpose of creating advantages by placing one above the other in the social hierarchy. This social engineering is planted like a seed in the mind and grows into a mental virus that infects even those who would never consider themselves racist.
What is Systemic Racism?
Systemic Racism is adapted from Stokely Carmichael’s original definition of “Institutional Racism”. It is a “covert” and thus hidden form of racism that hides in the beliefs and biases of individuals who have positions of power within an institution, allowing them to negatively impact individuals with race as a factor. These beliefs and biases can take different forms such as actions and/OR business practices, presumptions, policies, and/OR any other social, economic, or political activity that treats any members of a “Race” better or worse than members of other “Races”.
Note: Debating this was the catalyst that led me to the realization of why these definitions are so important. Every website dedicated to a cause should have clear definitions of what they mean and intend so as to disallow others to hijack the understanding between speaker and audience.
What is a Racist?
A Racist is an individual who has accepted the social construct of race and the mental virus that creates a superiority complex by virtue of believing that members of a different race are inferior to members of the dominant race. The symptoms of this mental virus present on a spectrum of ignorance from covert racism and belief in common stereotypes that seem playful and harmless to more destructive ideas and overt and intentional support for the dominant race.
What is Race?
Race is a mental construct composed of the idea that all men (and women) are not created equal. This inequality is built into the idea of race and therefore makes the acceptance of race into the acceptance of the power dynamic that it implies. While race is mainly associated with color, color is typically incidental; a mask making “the other” more easily identifiable. Race is used to rally allies against a common threat; whether because “the other” group is a threat or because the group loses cohesiveness without that common enemy.
What/Who are Whites?
Because Race is a mental construct, by definition this means that “White People” do not exist. However, to say something doesn’t exist that people identify as is also problematic. Whiteness; therefore, is an umbrella term for persons believed to fall under the parameters serving as the unwritten qualifications to be white. These qualifications, beyond skin color, were relative and related to moral/ethical standards, pedigree, wealth, and linguistic and cultural assimilation.
Different ethnic groups that were, previously hated and discriminated against, could be and were at different times accepted as white. This allowed them to be seen according to the best qualities of the best “Whites” instead of the worst qualities of the worst of their social group. This acceptance is analogous to a general acceptance into American society (American Exceptionalism) which is not only racist but the reason that White Nationalists, accepting all of the previously non-white groups, consider America to be for “Whites Only” and the unwelcoming expense of minorities, who by their skin color, could never be accepted as “White”. You are white if you and others believe the label applies to you; however, you do not have to identify as white whether or not you are identified or treated as such.
What/Who are Black People?
Black People exist as a "race" only to serve as a contrast to the invention of Racism and the mental construct that is ascribed to this belief in white power and superiority. Even though “All men are created equal”, calling some “White” creates the illusion that they are better. Generations buy into this notion through the acceptance and tolerance of the existence of “White People”.
Black People are a forced opposite, forced opposition, to rally White People against.Although it doesn’t exist in reality, it is accepted as fact but only tolerated to varying degrees represented by White Power as a source of social influence. By its very definition, “Black People” are racially oppressed, creating an illusion of inferior parameters that go beyond skin color: inferior morals/ethics, pedigree, wealth, and linguistic and cultural assimilation.
Since "Black People" are the race on the receiving end of White Supremacy, persons identified as black try to reverse the stigma of “Blackness” by associating it with positive and opposite messaging in order to release mental chains as well as encourage the rest of the world to see blackness in a more positive light; affirming the best qualities of the best members of the group, rather than the worst of the worst. Skin color cannot be washed off or covered. Therefore, some black people, hating the additional parameters applied monolithically to the Black Race may suffer a mental conflict that causes them to further assimilate into the “American” label in order to escape the realities of American racism (see “Coon”).
Black Excellence
“Black Excellence” is an ideal and a contrast to “American Exceptionalism” that exists because Black People were denied entry, not as citizens, but as equals. White America wanted to take credit for Black Contributions as Americans without accepting black people or taking credit for the adverse conditions perpetuated by the continued presence of systemic racism.
What are Black Conservatives?
Black Conservatives are often seen as coons and sellouts but loved by Republicans for agreeing with them, mainly about black people. Black Conservatives have a tendency towards a certain myopia where they think their own personal experience is indicative of what the black experience in White society could be without realizing that the only reason why they are shielded from racism is because they agree with racists and justify their feelings and beliefs in a way that makes them feel like they’re not racist. Black Conservatives have more fortunate lives because they do not realize the unique privilege they receive by being the “token” black in that position.
The Great Switch: When Black people switched parties
Black Conservatives often pride themselves on seeing issues in the Democratic Party or with Liberalism in general; especially as it represents more secular values as opposed to theocratic Christian values which most Christians wouldn’t mind living under the rule of. Many people are pulled in by their values while Black Conservatives also feel an aversion to Liberal values because of their strong beliefs or loyalty to their religion. Black Conservatives may also blind themselves to the political history of both parties in regards to race because the parties weren’t necessarily separated by geography so the reality was that both parties were racist. And while this was exceedingly true at the time and still true in a more covert manner, Black Conservatives overly identify the Democratic Party with the fact that it used to be the more overtly racist part of the KKK and now, because they didn’t want to be in the same party, they (racists) switched to the Republican party just as African Americans switched to the Democratic Party. This switch is disregarded by a lot of Black Conservatives, seemingly out of loyalty to the original party, when in reality, African Americans were simply willing to vote with the party that was promising more representation. This was done to appease black people just enough to get their votes. If the Republican party would have countered with a better offer the switch would not have happened. But not only did the Republican Party fail to offer Black People a better deal, it took its rejection of Black People as a political strategy to market their racism and fear to White conservatives and racists who would join and remain loyal to the party to this day. That is the reason Black People vote the way they do and why Black People will not switch back.
However, there is a growing movement not to be loyal to either party. Democrats, and the DNC especially, need to understand that they’ll need more than rhetoric and black faces and showing up in black churches if they want to keep the black vote which is large enough to sway close elections.
The N-Word vs Nigga
There is a conflict in the Black Community over the use of the word “Nigga”. The word is colloquially used in different tones in order to indicate both positive and negative feelings toward another individual. It was adopted in order to be recast in a manner that black people have control of instead of the previous era where racist Whites had control and freely used the term to denigrate black people. This is generally identical to how women were called the B-word and how many women took power back by using it themselves but applying their own flexible definitions according to their tone. The tonality and context create a spectrum in how the word is used that designates its meaning. This is no different from how many other words are used in the English language, having multiple definitions.
It isn’t the word that ever has power. It is the meaning and what it means to you. Black People who choose not to use “nigga” according to their conscience are perfectly fine and I love and respect their point of view. If they think it should be retired, that’s also fine. People who use the word are also fine and may not ever use it with the same context or tone as the “er” version. I believe what matters is that it’s our choice which means we have the power. I have the power to use it as I see fit, along with words such as: Niger, Negro, Negus/Negast (King/Kings), Adham, ebony, jet, onyx, raven, etc. because there is nothing inherently wrong with the word, but rather how words are used. And if you understand how “black” is used in the English language and all the negative associations it has (https://www.thesaurus.com/browse/black) then you will see that “black”, applied by racists, was nothing more than the original N-word.So the concept is still being used and will continue to be used until we all stop using “White”.
What is Woke?
Woke is simply a construct of consciousness. It is the awareness of ourselves in relation to others around us. There is a spectrum of consciousness just as there is a spectrum of ignorance. It ranges from “Knowledge of Self” all the way to “Enlightenment”.
“Wokeness” has existed in the black community for more than 30 years. The controversy over wokeness exists today because the embracing of consciousness has begun to spread into American culture at large. People of all races are starting to understand and in their understanding, they are beginning to wake up to the realities of life as it relates, not just to their own experience of life, but the experience of others. This involves something that has traditionally plagued separated labels but also the overall aggregate of the Human Race; EMPATHY.
This level of growing “awareness” is misunderstood and combated by those who see it as a threat to their social norms and status quo. And they’re absolutely right. But who said their social norms were righteous? That status quo is simply what benefits them and therefore the largest opposition to “wokeness” comes from those most benefited by the status quo: “straight white men”. These three labels (orientation/race/gender) are the antithesis to equality in each of these three areas and the conflict between “pro” and “an” creates protagonists and antagonists whose methods create and perpetuate: homophobia, racism, and sexism.
The ultimate enlightenment at the end of “the rainbow” of Human differences is the knowledge and acceptance that all of humanity is one Race and therefore ONE (Neo) and the same.